Enabling Pre-Installation and Post-Installation Configuration

You can instruct Automated Application Converter to pause during repackaging to enable you to manually perform configuration steps either prior to package installation on the virtual machine or after installation.

Enabling Pre-Installation Configuration

When converting some packages, you may want to perform some manual configuration steps prior to installing that package during the repackaging process. This could be useful when a particular dependency, such as Java runtime, needs to be installed and should not be captured as part of the application capture process.

To enable pre-installation configuration of a package, the following steps:

To enable pre-installation configuration:

1. On the Packages tab, select the package you want to edit. Package properties are displayed in the Properties window.
2. In the Properties window, under Installation, set the Pre-Installation Configuration property to one of the following values:

   • Disabled —Disable pre-installation configuration.

   • Enabled —Enable pre-installation configuration.

Enabling Post-Installation Configuration

When converting some packages, you may want to perform some manual configuration steps just after the package is installed on the virtual machine during the repackaging process but before it is converted to the target formats. For example, you may want to manually launch the application and perform some “first use” selection steps.

note

The Post-Installation Configuration property is ignored during App-V 5.0 conversion using the Microsoft App-V Sequencer.

To enable post-installation configuration of a package, the following steps:

To enable post-installation configuration:

1. On the Packages tab, select the package you want to edit. Package properties are displayed in the Properties window.
2. In the Properties window, under Installation, set the Pre-Installation Configuration property to one of the following values:

   • Disabled —Disable pre-installation configuration.

   • Enabled —Enable pre-installation configuration.

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     If you select the Enabled option, ensure that the value that you enter for the Hard Time-Out setting allows enough time to configure the application.

See Also

Packages Tab

Project Options Dialog Box